Eastbourne tennis serving up a treat

The talk around the communal breakfast table this morning here at The Guesthouse East in Eastbourne was all about Andy Roddick, who is set to grace the carpet-like lawns for …

Hotting up in Eastbourne

Blimey, it’s hot – 25 degrees today. The french doors in the kitchen of our guesthouse in Eastbourne are wide open and the high ceilings offer hope of cool air, …

Smell the fresh cut grass – it’s summer here in Eastbourne!

It was probably a little ambitious to enter ‘shorts-only’ mode from March, but my ginger pins are now fully embracing the warming, early summer air here in Eastbourne. Whilst we’re …

Balls, please!

I’m thankful my Dunlop Green Flash trainers and Lacoste shorts are still in decent shape but frankly the Tacchini tracksuit top is a bit frayed around the edges. Devonshire Park, …

Eastbourne turns orange

Either Eastbourne is playing host to theĀ  2010 Sugar Daddy Awards or the tennis is back in town. Walking down to the sea along Grand Parade last night with the …

Phew what a scorcher…

You can keep your Costa Brava, and all that palava… Eastbourne was sizzling today… We started the day with a long run (17 miles on the Downs – and a …